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Newspaper
Kingsbury County Independent
Location
De Smet, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
7
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe effective laxative for cleansing and relieving internal organs without debility or dosage increases. It claims physicians approve its natural action and urges buyers to purchase the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
The Philadelphia Ledger records a campaign speech urging voters to resist unscrupulous heeler offers and demand dignity. The crowd applauds as the speaker condemns bribery and urges WINSLOW’s LOOTEING BYRTP for children, amid garbled patent medicine lines.
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs recounts facing prejudice at a public meeting as a heckler introduces him by comparing his strikes to a dog’s growl a goat’s defense and a jackass’s response before Debs begins to speak This anecdote illustrates public attitudes toward Debs and his stand against opposition.
Davenport Mfg Co of Johnstown Pennsylvania seeks a salesman to sell their greeting post cards and novelties line. Big money offered to active men.
Little Johnny six years old fears a wife after church sermon on Eve and his shocked family at dinner notices his anxious pose and verse.
An account from Piermont New Hampshire dated October 24 1905 describes a baby with severe eczema covering the face and body. After trying multiple medicines the three Cuticura remedies were used and the child improved in two months and was well in six months.
Three tired citizens a lawyer a doctor and a newspaper man sit in a cold dawn back room among empty bottles and cards a rat scurries past provoking uneasy silence the lawyer quips about not seeing the rat and a sales pitch for a book to learn wealth without work appears along with a note on Canadian fisheries and maritime coast extent.
The International Navigation Congress will be held in St Petersburg in June. Organized by the International Association, it aims to address river and canal navigation as well as the industrial and commercial use of waterways and seaports.
A Manning Iowa woman Mrs T C Willadsen writes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound saved her life after years of severe female complaints and costly medicines. She followed directions and was restored to perfect health and urges others to try it.
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a longtime remedy for displacement, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, irregularities, and nervous prostration. It invites women to write for advice and to address requests to Lynn, Massachusetts.
The Chicago health board reports that with careful management wholesale buying and proper use of materials three square meals a day can be provided for less than 9 cents daily. A continental breakfast with bread butter coffee sugar and molasses satisfies many. dinners and suppers require variety, yet science and art can solve the costed food problem.
An advertisement proclaims Pettitt's Eye Salve restores normal eye conditions regardless of disease or injury. The product is available at all druggists or from Howard Bros. Buffalo, N. Y.
Silas Igo of Warren County Iowa shares his alfalfa cultivation experience from Wallace Farmer. He details field preparation sowing barley, manure application, soil conditioning, seed sowing rates, and successful stand through winter with an eight inch tall crop by May 10. He expects continued success in the county.
The article argues high beef prices will limit demand as packers struggle with costly finished steers and widespread unemployment. May cattle receipts were low yet beef supply remained large, while mutton sales suffered under deep discounts. It notes Pennsylvania railroad expansion to a four track system between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
A narrative poem by Arthur Guiterman laments Bartos Voislowsky, a Pole coal miner crushed in a rock fall at the Larrikin Mine. It condemns unsafe timbering, ignored blame, and profiteering, noting a widow and three children left destitute as justice is bought with wealth.
A professor leaving the university is asked for help by a man claiming poverty. He accepts a dime and counters with a question about the man’s schooling, prompting a curt reply that he never attended school.
A playful piece from Success Magazine by Harvey Worthington Loomis imagines animals in a musical menagerie. Each creature handles a different instrument or role, from the turkey on drums to the bee on a horn, culminating in a quip about a final hum.
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota says after five months in a hospital he was discharged as incurable and given six months to live. He suffered heart trouble smothering spells and fainting with weak arms poor eyesight and disordered kidney secretions. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with addressing the cause and restoring his health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
The notes describe cultivating attractive stalk flowers, requiring good soil and sandy depth of about five inches. Bulbs sell well and can ship long distances. Space a yard by two yards to yield a dozen stalks, offering hundreds of flowers. sort bulbs into three sizes with corresponding pricing.
A Wellington Kansas young man wired two letters to the same addresses by error. The washerwoman receives an invitation to an outing while the sweetheart gets a sharp rebuke about shirt bosom care. The mix up leaves both recipients unsettled and the man embarrassed.
Switzerland produces no coal or iron ore and largely imports both for machinery manufacture. German suppliers provide the majority of coal used, and some Swiss firms pay less for coal than charged in Germany, according to officials.
An Iowa reader asks how to finish hogs on grass. The Wallace’s Farmer advise partial clover pasture with corn, and early grain crops, noting alfalfa and clover pastures yield best gains. Missouri experiment shows corn meal with alfalfa or clover reduces feed per pound of gain, with profits depending on corn price.
A vignette describes Speaker Cannon sitting beside a lavender smelling salts carrying lady on a suburban Illinois railway near a harsh fertilizer plant. As the train nears the odor, the speaker tells the woman to stop emitting the stench by asking her to cork the bottle.
The article explains ballast water in submarines and submersibles. Submarine ballast is 5 to 12 percent of submerged bulk, producing reserve buoyancy of 200 to 1,000 pounds. Submersibles require 2 to 4 times that ballast, affecting buoyancy, sea keeping, speed, and overall military value.
A New York man testifies his system ran down from night work and improper food but improved immediately after using Grape-Nuts. He reports increased strength nerve power and brain capacity with 20 pounds gained and better stamina while traveling. The Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan is cited as the sponsor.
Miss Julia Marlowe, hailed as queen of actresses, endorses Peruna. She states the remedy benefits digestion and strengthens nerves, arguing that proper digestion nourishes the nerve centers and prevents nervous debility.
An advertising testimonial from Mrs. J C Jamison of Wallace California claims Peruna cures six years of stomach trouble by improving digestion and clearing catarrhal congestion. She says doctors failed, a liquid diet helped briefly, but Peruna brought lasting relief after several bottles.
Skat has become the rival of bridge and displaced it in some circles. It is a purely German game with Attenburg as its home. Earliest records show it evolved from other card games in 1817 by Hempel, a professor at Attenburg College.
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